STATESIDE: Church, State and votes
MARGARET and her friend Cecile were worrying about the latest coming of the polar vortex and how it would affect their desire to go shopping in Manhattan later this week. Enjoying a latte together in a suburban New York coffee house as they contemplated changing their plans, Cecile frowned.
FRONT PORCH: Responsibilities, rights and obligations of a free press
RESPONSIBLE, competent and professional media are indispensable to the maintenance, development and flowering of a democracy.
EDITORIAL: Captain Rolle offers insight into Haiti situation
THE diplomats who have returned safely from Haiti have seen the situation on the ground there first-hand.
Bahamian diplomats return from Haiti ‘temporary’
PRIME Minister Philip Davis yesterday met with Bahamian diplomatic officers recently evacuated from Haiti, who expressed being “okay” despite an “abnormal” incident involving the country’s law enforcement.
PM aims for budget surplus by fiscal year 2024/25
WHILE tabling the 2022 Fiscal Strategy Report (FSR) in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Phillip Davis said his administration’s plan to restore the country’s fiscal health is working and already “bearing fruit.”
Davis administration has ‘thrown in the towel’ on illegal migration, Pintard says
AMIDST the upswing in illegal migrants seeking refuge in The Bahamas, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard called on the Davis administration to do more to stem the flow.
UPDATED: BPL’s hedge mishandling to cost Bahamians $150m
Bahamians have been burdened with a $150m bill due to the mishandling of Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel hedging strategy, it was revealed yesterday.
Gov’t revenues beat early goal by $50.6m
The Government’s top finance official yesterday said “close to $50m” in real property tax arrears has been collected during the 2022-2023 fiscal year’s first seven months as it seeks to crack down on tax and bill duckers.
Corporate income tax paper before Q1 end
The Government is hoping to release a public consultation paper on possible corporate income tax reforms before the 2023 first quarter’s end, it was revealed yesterday.
Bipartisan support as debate begins on new Nurses and Midwives bill
MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday began debating the Nurses and Midwives Bill (2022) which, once enacted, will repeal the Nurses and Midwives Act (1971) and expand the nursing and midwifery practice in the country.
‘No new tax measures’ for $4bn revenue goal
The Government’s top finance official yesterday reiterated his optimism that “no new tax measures” will be required to grow its revenues by some 43 percent to over $4bn during the next four years.
‘Mango season girls’ arrested, says Bell
FOUR Jamaican women, known as the “Mango Season Girls,” were arrested last month for working illegally in the country as a part of government operations to stamp out illegal immigration, Immigration Minister Keith Bell revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Firearms task force ‘to create safer Bahamas’
PRIME Minister Philip Davis said the success of a firearms task force will make fighting illegal weapons more likely by providing a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the problem.
DAVIS: IT’S YOUR FAULT, DR MINNIS – PM blames hospital woes on former administration
PRIME Minister Philip Davis accused the Minnis administration of neglecting Princess Margaret Hospital during its four years in office, but charged that he will “fix” the problems left behind.
Man airlifted following alleged suicide attempt
ABACO police are investigating an alleged attempted suicide by a 21-year-old man who was found with a rope around his neck at a residence.
Stop expecting water into wine from Pintard
I write my first letter to the editor to shake my head at the vocal minority of FNM’s who cling to hope that any of their former leaders will sit on the throne once again.
Minnis not the man to lead FNM
Please allow me a small space in your paper to respond to a letter to the editor penned under the name The Councilman.
Wrong on leader
Please permit me a space to say a few short words in response to the Mackey Street Man.
Man wanted for stealing
GRAND Bahama Police are searching for a man accused of stealing by reason of service.
